出入花街柳巷
“to frequent pleasure quarters.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
出入 花街柳巷
“to frequent pleasure quarters.”
朕都不信
“I never believed it.”
“I don't buy that excuse for a second—you were just indulging in vice.”
Imperial officials were bound by strict Confucian ethical codes, where visiting brothels even under official pretexts invited imperial reprimand and loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to go in and out of; to frequent
Often used in formal or literary contexts to describe habitually visiting a certain place.
red-light district; brothels
A classical four-character idiom describing districts of prostitution and entertainment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Does this lane have any other exits? There is one other exit.”
“Strange. This alley is so narrow, and there are no mansions around.”
“This is the Chill Street.”
“- [officer 1] Here you are, sir. - [A-Hua] Okay. Hey. Search those two intersections.”
“As you said, good wine needs no bush.”
“through dark alleys,”